Most young people negotiate their adolescence successfully without undue hardship (Gullotta et al., 1999; Santrock, 2000). For some however it is a time of what Rutter and colleagues (1976) termed 'inner turmoil' (feelings of misery and self depreciation). Recent Irish research with 12-15 year olds reported that nearly a fifth of their sample were at-risk for mental health problems (Lynch et al., 2004).